World leading Mobile Health event soon to be underway

In two weeks, over 20 cyclists with type 1 diabetes will be embark upon the 2015 mHealth Grand Tour, an epic ten day, 1,500 km bike ride, where riders will demonstrate how the latest mobile health solutions can be used to more effectively manage the condition.
The GSMA is one of the main sponsors of the mHealth Grand Tour 2015 – supporting the collaboration of all players in the Mobile Health ecosystem in order to accelerate its growth. Next week, on the GSMA Connected Living News, we will be introducing Team GSMA – an inspiring team of both professional athletes and amateur cyclists with Type 1 diabetes who will be taking the journey from Brussels to Geneva. Over the course of the Tour, they will provide live updates on the impact the technology is having on their performance and management of their condition, and of course, updates on the spectacular scenery and landmarks along the way.
Building on the 2013 mHealth Grand Tour this year’s Tour will give all those interested in the health sector the opportunity to witness a sustained demonstration of the how the power of Mobile can be used to improve people’s lives.
The Tour itself is a brilliant example of how collaboration between various ecosystem players can help to accelerate the development of such mobile health solutions. Orange, Samsung, Intel, TAPcheck, Dexcom, and the startup Medwhat are joining forces to offer riders a completely new monitoring and personalised mobile coaching service. Startups Tellspec and HCi Viocare are joining – using the Tour to demonstrate how their technologies can help patients. Etisalat also have a team cycling the Tour with an aim to raise awareness about diabetes and the potential of mHealth to improve patients’ lives.
During the Tour, Continua’s guidelines are being used to ensure interoperability of the solutions and the secure transition of data between the sensors, mobile devices and the platform where the riders’ personal medical files are stored. Riders’ conditions will be remotely monitored and will benefit from the support of a mobile coaching service, and will be surrounded by a medical team that can react to the data collected in real time.
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